How to be a Box to Box Center Mid

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How to be a Box to Box Center Mid

A box to box center mid is a central midfielder that is both adefensive center mid and an attacking center mid.

Key Points:

Key Point 1 – Be fit!

Key Point 2 – Simple in the back, create in the attack.

Key Point 3 - Delay your runs in the box.

Key Point 4 – Have the mantra I tackle hard and create chances.

Key Point 5 – Don’t stress over killer passes not completed.

Exercise to Practice:

This exercise will help you get in the mindset of getting forward and it works on your fitness too. You will need a few balls, a partner and six cones. Have your partner be a right back. They pass you the ball, you receive it as a defensive center mid and then make a pass to either cone one, two or three. After you make a simple pass, sprint forward to your cone 20 yards away. As you are running looking around to see the field, imagine you are going to get the ball passed back to you. Once you get to that cone pause and lightly jog back and repeat. Do a few reps depending on how many balls you have, rest and then repeat a few times.

What’s Wrong:

If you see runs to make in the attacking third but you aren’t making them because you are too tired or you don’t think you can recover fast enough if there is a turn over then you aren’t fit enough to be a box to box center mid.